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Do schools kill creativity?
- brlewis 19y agoI can't watch the video right now, but the answer is no. Seating students in a grid of small desks and forbidding them from speaking or doing anything other than what they're told does not kill creativity. It merely maims it. My kids go to a school that nurtures creativity, but such schools are hard to come by.
- lkozma 19y agoI think those "special" schools are even worse, because you kind of put pressure on them to be creative. I think regular schools are best if not taken too seriously. Kids will learn despite the system anyway, not because of it.
- brlewis 19y agoI think you must be thinking of a different kind of school. The results for my kids have been clearly better than at a regular school, and they are clearly enjoying creativity, not being overly pressured.
- staunch 19y agoSome people go so far as "unschooling". Lots of stuff on the web about it. Basically allowing children to learn whatever interests them whenever they want. I would absolutely do this with my children. Unless they weren't too bright, then I'd send them to public school and they'd enjoy it.
- earthboundkid 19y agoUnschooling:public schools::Lisp:Java?
- kyro 19y agoA very insightful and stimulating talk.
- Alex3917 19y agoFor some reason, every time I think of public schools these days the first thing that comes to mind are all those learned helplessness studies that have been done on animals.
- awt 19y agoThat guy is hard to watch. He really needs to get to the point.
- awt 19y agoWhat's with the downvotes? You guys think this guy is funny?
- chmike 19y agoThis is a great presentation, full of common sense and so true. Thanks for posting the link. Creativity in education worked for me. In my school, creativity was considered as a value and now I am referred as a creative and inventive programmer. I warmly recommend looking the video, at least for the funny jokes,...